Hiding Track Changes in FrameMaker 9

[Joseph Lorenzini]

Hi Luis,

It turns out that your simple solution of using change bars did the trick. I
had at first discarded the idea of doing change bars because it wasn't
particularly specific enough. Then, I realized that the same problem I was
having with the  document, the reviewer would. The amount of changes would
overwhelm any easy way of reading the document. The developer just wanted
some marker indicating that parts of the document had changed. He preferred
the change bars once I brought it to his attention.

I feel silly for not asking to begin with. In any case, the issue is fixed.

Thanks,
Joseph Lorenzini

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Rocha, Luis <lrocha at panynj.gov> wrote:

> If you're only interested in identifying changes (as opposed to
> facilitating the acceptance or rejection of edits), you can always use
> the Compare Documents (File > Utilities > Compare Documents) to document
> what has changed between versions.  It does avoid the color shock of
> tracking edits, particularly if you're deleting whole sections or pages
> rather than minor word or sentence changes.
>
> Luis Rocha
>
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> Lorenzini
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 3:59 PM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Hiding Track Changes in FrameMaker 9
>
> Hi all,
>
> This seems like a simple thing, but I haven't been able to find a
> solution.
> I am doing some intensive documentation reviews with a developer. The
> content is complex and is going to be revised multiple times. The
> developer
> sensibly asked that I use track changes so that he only reviews new
> content
> and avoids reviewing old content. No problem, I thought, I'll just flip
> it
> on in FrameMaker. And hey it works exactly as intended, so no complaints
> there. However, there is one problem: using track changes while doing
> detailed edits is driving me crazy. The document is filled with green
> and
> red underlined text. Its almost visually painful (yes i exaggerate
> slightly). I have used the "preview final" option but whenever I perform
> another edit, the track changes come back. Is there any way to hide to
> the
> track changes while I work in the document and then display them right
> before I publish the PDF?
>
> Sincerely,
> Joseph Lorenzini
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